How Do We Measure Alien Intelligence?

It’s possible that one day we will come across life on another planet. However, this brings up an important question: How do we measure the intelligence of this alien? It’s a complicated question, but Anthony discusses how we might go about it based on what we know about measuring nonhuman intelligence today.

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